Double Tube with Freestanding Zigzag

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Double Tube with Freestanding Zigzag

Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean

Date4th-5th century

DimensionsH: 4 in. (10.2 cm); Diam (rim): 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm); Diam (body): 1 11/16 in. (4.3 cm)

MediumFree-blown and tooled glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1263

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DescriptionPontil mark ca. 1.0 cm in diameter; ground off. Body pinched once lengthwise. Added thread. Transparent brownish yellow-green. Translucent similarly colored thread. Rim folded outward, upward, and inward. Flattened body with two tubular compartments, broadening toward greatest diameter above base. Narrow, flattened base. Freestanding zigzag coil applied to upper body from left to right, with eleven segments between upper body and rim. On body, nine revolutions of thread applied below zigzag and trailed on from left to right, first upward to base of zigzag then continuing down to ca. 2.0 cm above base. Thread decoration applied after body was pinched. Transparent brownish yellow green (between 5 Y 6/4 and 10 Y 6/6). Translucent similarly colored thread.